Nothing beats Pootie-Poot

September 29, 2005 6:04 AM

The complete list of George W. Bush's nicknames for people.
posted by XQUZYPHYR (54 comments total)

Man, it reads like Al Capone's hideout.
posted by zek at 6:06 AM on September 29, 2005

Leaves out Jeff Gannon = Cookiepuss
posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 6:16 AM on September 29, 2005

Colin Powell is Balloonfoot. Ummm... why?
posted by Clay201 at 6:23 AM on September 29, 2005

Colin Powell is Balloonfoot. Ummm... why?

Because Token was already a character on South Park.
posted by Pollomacho at 6:25 AM on September 29, 2005

Ted Kennedy = Senator

Does that count?
posted by Alison at 6:25 AM on September 29, 2005

And vice versa. -- Hutch
posted by If I Had An Anus at 6:28 AM on September 29, 2005

almost nothing beats pootie-poot.

the one thing that beats pootie poot?

Karl Rove = Turb Blossom.

and with that, I'm going to go jump off a bridge.
posted by shmegegge at 6:30 AM on September 29, 2005

TURD blossom.
though I suppose turb would also work, if it were a worb.
posted by shmegegge at 6:31 AM on September 29, 2005

I think being a nickname assigner is one of the most annoying traits a human can possess. It reeks of condescending frat jerk.
posted by glenwood at 6:39 AM on September 29, 2005

Also forgotten: Adam Clymer = Major League Asshole
posted by eddydamascene at 6:42 AM on September 29, 2005

Alberto Gonzales = Fredo

Now I have this need to see Dubya kiss him and send him fishing.
posted by ToasT at 6:46 AM on September 29, 2005

Extremely wealthy Americans = My Base = The Haves and Have Mores
posted by nofundy at 7:07 AM on September 29, 2005

Whee!</a.
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:11 AM on September 29, 2005

d'oh
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:11 AM on September 29, 2005

dosn't put to much thought into some of these.
posted by delmoi at 7:13 AM on September 29, 2005

He also has the same nickname for Alberto Gonzolase and Fred Upton.
posted by delmoi at 7:17 AM on September 29, 2005

delmoi: My guess is that Gonzalez is Fredo (like Michael Corleone's brother) and Upton is "Fred-Oh."
posted by mullacc at 7:19 AM on September 29, 2005

Nothing for Cindy Sheehan?!
posted by scratch at 7:19 AM on September 29, 2005

Kinda funny how both of my Maine senators have weird nicknames.
posted by selfnoise at 7:25 AM on September 29, 2005

Add the obvious:
G.W.B's wang: Lil' Dub.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:45 AM on September 29, 2005

Where's fellow Texanite, Tom DeLay? May I suggest Millstone?
posted by beelzbubba at 7:49 AM on September 29, 2005

Thanks for this--I'd never seen this site before.

I went to the home page and found a lot of really interesting info on a lot of people.
posted by leftcoastbob at 8:04 AM on September 29, 2005

Balloonfoot?
posted by nola at 8:44 AM on September 29, 2005

Alberto Gonzales = Fredo

Damnit! I had that nickname first!
posted by fredosan at 8:50 AM on September 29, 2005

Something tells me that there's a wacky yet annoying story behind the name "Balloonfoot".
posted by unreason at 8:57 AM on September 29, 2005

Why is Blair 4th on the list? Why is his nickname Landslide? Why would I care?
posted by 13twelve at 9:09 AM on September 29, 2005

Where's fellow Texanite, Tom DeLay? May I suggest Millstone?

I say Albatros.
posted by squirrel at 9:13 AM on September 29, 2005

Where's Zell "I challenge you to a duel" Miller? I'd imagine his nickname would be something like Spittle and Fire.

I actually kind of liked this list, especially because I'm imagining Bush forgetting who he's talking to and just inventing a new nickname for them on the spot so he doesn't look like an ass again.

I love that he calls two different guys with the last name Jackson, Action Jackson.
posted by fenriq at 9:37 AM on September 29, 2005

Where's Zell "I challenge you to a duel" Miller? I'd imagine his nickname would be something like Spittle and Fire.

To quote Pollomacho, I think Zell isn't included, "Because Token [is] already a character on South Park." !
posted by Peter H at 9:52 AM on September 29, 2005

13twelve Why is Blair 4th on the list?

Because its listed alphabetically.
posted by howling fantods at 10:09 AM on September 29, 2005

I wonder if he actually calls people by the nicknames or its just something he said one time.

I thought the funniest was Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein. Boxer is "Ali" and Feinstien is "Frazier."
posted by b_thinky at 10:20 AM on September 29, 2005

13twelve: because he won election by a landslide.
posted by bonaldi at 10:27 AM on September 29, 2005

Some of these are really funny to me, particularly "Ali" and "Frazier." Perfect nicknames for those two bulldogs.
posted by letitrain at 10:27 AM on September 29, 2005

The nicknames are pretty funny (rhyming "Jackson" with "Jackson", brilliant!) and some would make good comic book characters: "Congressman Kick-Ass", "The Adding Machine", and the crime fighting team of "Stretch" and "Super Stretch".

What I found oddest were the stat categories on the people's pages. For example, on the "Vote for Pedro" page, it lists the person's sexual orientation and "Level of Fame" ("niche" in this case)
posted by Armen Tanzarian at 10:34 AM on September 29, 2005

First off.. I could give a rats ass what little georgie calls folks..

My guess is that he isn't smart enough to remember a name and doesn't have enough respect for people to use a correct name....

basically, what an idiot...oh, wait...a nickname for george...naw...just another adjective...
posted by HuronBob at 10:42 AM on September 29, 2005

dosn't put to much thought into some of these.


George Bush doesn't put too much thought into something?!
posted by amro at 10:52 AM on September 29, 2005

i notice there is no nickname listed for the prime minister of india .
posted by mishaco at 11:19 AM on September 29, 2005

Hastert
posted by Happy Monkey at 11:20 AM on September 29, 2005

I suppose he's just lucky Bush didn't call him the Mighty Blue Salmon of Justice, or Mucal Invader.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 11:30 AM on September 29, 2005

Stretch is Dick Keil of Bloomberg, not Kyle. Just saying.
posted by CunningLinguist at 11:33 AM on September 29, 2005

XQ: Thank you thank you thank you. This made my day.

Love the nicks for columnists: Maureen Dowd = Cobra; George Will = The Commissioner (is this because of Will's baseball interests?).
posted by donpedro at 11:44 AM on September 29, 2005

Two Pedros, a Pancho, a Fredo, a Pablo, a Freddo, a Big O, and El Grande Jorge. Sounds like an Taco Bell order.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 11:49 AM on September 29, 2005

I think being a nickname assigner is one of the most annoying traits a human can possess. It reeks of condescending frat jerk.

And when combined with knowing a little bit of Spanish, it's even worse.
posted by Happy Monkey at 12:24 PM on September 29, 2005

So, conversely, where's the complete list of people's nicknames for George W. Bush?
posted by LordSludge at 12:29 PM on September 29, 2005

Posted further up the page, LordSludge.
posted by dazed_one at 12:48 PM on September 29, 2005

glenwood:
"I think being a nickname assigner is one of..."

Scanning, I read "Assinger" and thought that du Byah had nicknamed someone by combining "Kissinger" with "Ass." It works on so many levels! To subtle I guess...
posted by Eothele at 1:03 PM on September 29, 2005

Ashley Smith = "Methie"
William Bennett = "Whitey Babykiller"
posted by Superfrankenstein at 2:19 PM on September 29, 2005

The complete list of people's nicknames for George W. Bush
posted by kyle at 2:27 PM on September 29, 2005

"bullets" - how cool is that? I've no idea who she is (that's probably a bad thing), but great nickname.
posted by TheDonF at 3:22 PM on September 29, 2005

Congressman kick-ass? Seriously?
posted by menace303 at 4:35 PM on September 29, 2005

D'oh.
posted by menace303 at 4:36 PM on September 29, 2005

The Blade? Is that 'cause he's gay?
posted by Smedleyman at 5:38 PM on September 29, 2005

Congressman Kick-Ass?

Jesus, that's awesome!
posted by Anonymous at 8:03 PM on September 29, 2005

For some reason, I originally read this as "The complete list of George Washington's nicknames for people".

Dammit, I really want to read that list.
posted by atholbrose at 6:49 AM on October 1, 2005